Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 6:14 am  

Anybody know how many tickets have een sold, think Wigan took 1500.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 7:35 am  

PopTart wrote:

Jowitt
Johnstone
Lyne
Miller
Lino
Battye
Hood
Arona
Ashurst
Tanginoa
Pitts
Crowther
Whitbread
Batchelor
Gaskell
Kay
Adebiyi
Bowes
Murphy
Hall
Fifita

I’m not convinced Johnstone will play, but if he’s fully fit I’d leave out Adebiyi, Bowes, Gaskell and Murphy. Any slight doubts with TJ and Murphy comes in for me. Gaskell will have to wait for his chance.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:37 am  

alegend wrote:

Vastman i rispect your defence of Chester but taking over a very good fit squad and and saying that it was better than what W Poaching as achieved so far is not fair Late .last year W Poaching took over a unfit injury prone squad and put belief back in them .and this year We are playing the best football since the squad of 3 year ago .Let's wait and see were we are in 3 year if we can can get W P signed up for next 3 year

It's no a defence it's a fact, for his first three seasons CC was a very successful coach, end of, can't be argued with, fact. WP has got off to a good start but before you binn CC let's see where we are in two years time.

Why the need to do down a previous coach to big up a new one, it's not needed. WP will stand or fall on what he does but I'm sure he'd be the first to admit CC was a good coach. It's just that his time came and went, very few coaches last five seasons.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:49 am  

Never asked for Chesters head, and just hoped he could have turned it round.
Interviews became uncomfortable to watch and he probably felt like a dead man walking for knocking on for 3 seasons.
The circumstances at Trinity almost guaranteed him a stay of execution.
5seasons had very little to do with his capabilities, particularly towards the end.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 9:15 am  

lampyboy wrote:

Never asked for Chesters head, and just hoped he could have turned it round.
Interviews became uncomfortable to watch and he probably felt like a dead man walking for knocking on for 3 seasons.
The circumstances at Trinity almost guaranteed him a stay of execution.
5seasons had very little to do with his capabilities, particularly towards the end.

He never recovered from 3 seasons ago.

Injuries and then covid completely knackered things. The only thing was, it became clear that there was no way to return to the success of the first couple of years.
All belief seemed to have evaporated for both him and the squad.
It's hard to believe that we are watching pretty much the same group of players.

The win away at Wire in the cup, without TJ and Johnstone was immense

It's all in the past now and we are thankfully moving forward again.
IF and its a huge if, we can get past Wigan today, there will be a real buzz around the club.

Bring it on !

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:21 am  

The real buz around the club needs to be some how converted to the city.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 11:03 am  

lampyboy wrote:

Never asked for Chesters head, and just hoped he could have turned it round.
Interviews became uncomfortable to watch and he probably felt like a dead man walking for knocking on for 3 seasons.
The circumstances at Trinity almost guaranteed him a stay of execution.
5seasons had very little to do with his capabilities, particularly towards the end.

Funny neither did Covid nor an injury crisis, funny that.

It was actually half of 2019, 2020 and half of 2021, that's two years, not three years.

Oh, and I did want him removed at the end but that does not in any way devalue what he did at the club.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 11:34 am  

Who's devaluing what he did. Like you say you asked for him to be removed at the end so you must have realised the partnership with MC had gone as far has it could.
It wasn't what's best for the club thing because if it was it would have happened much earlier.

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:02 pm  

There you go guys team out and 3 key players out

Re: Squad/Team for Wigan CC : Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:04 pm  

Gutted … no Miller/Fifita or Johnstone